{
  "id": 2379693,
  "title": "Panama Wastewater Treatment Has Failed at 1,200 Sites, the Minister Says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/panama-wastewater-treatment-has-failed-at-1-200-sites-the-minister",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-21T12:19:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Rio Times",
    "slug": "the-rio-times",
    "url": "https://www.riotimesonline.com/panama-wastewater-treatment-has-failed-at-1200-sites-the-minister-says/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Environment Minister Maximino Navarro says 1,200 wastewater treatment plants have collapsed. The count comes from MiAmbiente, with 24 priority sites upstream of drinking water intakes. The post Panama Wastewater Treatment Has Failed at 1,200 Sites, the Minister Says appeared first on The Rio Times .",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}